In springtime, rural areas of Tenerife suddenly become full to bursting point with little fellas like this. Too many, both for their own good and for the health of the crops around them, so from August to November each year, their numbers are brought back under some control during hunting season. We *foreigners* tend to think of the hunting as cruel, but it's a far more humane manner of culling them than, say, poisons or traps that could also kill domestic animals. It can be very hard, but sometimes you just have to accept the ways of the countryside.
(Personally, I'd recommend a farmed rabbit for Conejo al Salmorejo (rabbit in salmorejo sauce), which is a typical dish from the Canary Islands.)
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